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Elthos RPG: November 2011 RPG Carnival: Tricks & Traps
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On the Joys and Challenges of developing the Elthos RPG and Mythos Machine, and other sundry RPG matters. Tuesday, November 01, 2011. November 2011 RPG Carnival: Tricks and Traps. Tricks and Traps, or How to think like a Villain. At the end of the month I will write up a summary recap of the posts entered and we'll all have a merry time of it! The ultimate Archive for all of the RPG Carnivals is being held at Nevermet Press. Did the PCs live or die, …or something far far worse? Have at it, Mates! Elthos ...
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Bagram AFB Gaming Community | The Action Point
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US Army Combat Veteran, Game Master, Father, Partner… this is the home of my brain on the web. About The Action Point. Bagram AFB Gaming Community. Bagram AFB Gaming Community. This is the homepage for the gaming community founded at Bagram AFB, as well as the donation drive to build a nest egg of gaming books, accessories and materials that can be passed down from year to year as deployment cycles change and new gamers come in and out of Afghanistan. In this post, I state the purpose of this page. Well,...
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Elthos RPG: Selected Readings
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On the Joys and Challenges of developing the Elthos RPG and Mythos Machine, and other sundry RPG matters. These are a series of selected readings of classic and vintage works of literature. I wish to experiment with intonation and this primarily from my point of view as a GamesMaster who wishes to run more literary style games in the future. Setting the intonation and style of the GamesMaster will be one aspect of Improvisational Game Theater. December 11, 2006 2 min). The Sphinx at Gizeh. Serves as numb...
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Elthos RPG: GM Style Badges List
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On the Joys and Challenges of developing the Elthos RPG and Mythos Machine, and other sundry RPG matters. GM Style Badges List. The GM Style Badges. Is a very neat expression of many discussions regarding the different Gamesmastering Styles that have evolved over time. The original GM Merit Badges (note: I changed the name to "Style Badges" as it seems to make more sense) were posted on Strange Magic Blog. And the artwork was contributed by someone named Lorc (thank you kindly! My games will be Scary.
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Elthos RPG: Elthos RPG Beta Test Report - July
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On the Joys and Challenges of developing the Elthos RPG and Mythos Machine, and other sundry RPG matters. Friday, July 31, 2015. Elthos RPG Beta Test Report - July. Hi everyone. July has seen some significant progress in the development of the Elthos RPG and supporting Web Application known as The Mythos Machine, and I'm quite happy to say that the feedback I've gotten has been tremendously helpful. Among the items that have been improved or are currently being worked on:. 6 Some minor bugs were crushed.
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Elthos RPG: July 2015
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On the Joys and Challenges of developing the Elthos RPG and Mythos Machine, and other sundry RPG matters. Friday, July 31, 2015. Elthos RPG Beta Test Report - July. Hi everyone. July has seen some significant progress in the development of the Elthos RPG and supporting Web Application known as The Mythos Machine, and I'm quite happy to say that the feedback I've gotten has been tremendously helpful. Among the items that have been improved or are currently being worked on:. 6 Some minor bugs were crushed.
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Elthos RPG: February 2015
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On the Joys and Challenges of developing the Elthos RPG and Mythos Machine, and other sundry RPG matters. Tuesday, February 17, 2015. Rationales for Professional Gamesmastering. Recently a group of us GMs over on Google began talking about the idea of Professional Gamesmastering. To facilitate the conversational brainstorming and debate of this idea I started the Professional Gamesmaster Society. Do I sign up? Gamemastering is Hard Work and GM's Deserve Something For It. And for something informal like a...
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Elthos RPG: The Problem with Beautiful Maps
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On the Joys and Challenges of developing the Elthos RPG and Mythos Machine, and other sundry RPG matters. Monday, January 12, 2015. The Problem with Beautiful Maps. People are doing some spectacular RPG cartography lately. Best I've ever seen. I've experimented with some new styles and have come up with some interesting maps myself as well. The maps look beautiful. So this is a different variant on the same basic problem. Maps are designed generally to benefit the GM. Not the Players. Stuff o...This enti...
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Elthos RPG: Thoughts on Modes of Gamemastering
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On the Joys and Challenges of developing the Elthos RPG and Mythos Machine, and other sundry RPG matters. Friday, June 26, 2015. Thoughts on Modes of Gamemastering. I've noticed that I have two modes of Gamemastering my games. One is where I kind of carry some of the load for the Players, which I might call Aegis Mode, and the other is where I'm playing, in essence, no-holds-barred, and out to defeat the Players, which I think I'll call "Danger Mode". Why and when to play one way or the other? So managin...